PSG won the Champions Trophy at the end of the suspense this Sunday against Monaco. In Doha, Qatar, the Parisians had to work and force until the last minute to force the Monegasque lock, and break it thanks to Ousmane Dembélé.
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PSG and Monaco made a long journey, to Doha in Qatar, to decide between themselves in this Champions Trophy match relocated to the Gulf. A match played almost at home in this stadium 974 for Paris, since Qatar Sport Investment is the majority shareholder and the club made a gesture towards its supporters to help them make the trip: 100 euros for a round-trip plane ticket. return, one night in a hotel, meals on site, match ticket, tourist activity and transport.
A detail, surely, but this meeting was decided on details, precisely. Because to win, the capital club went all out to open the score and win thanks to a goal scored in added time of the second half (1-0). However, led by Ousmane Dembélé with legs of fire, PSG initially dominated.
With the former FC Barcelona player often acting as a detonator: he came up against Köhn twice (21st, 23rd). Kang In-Lee was not to be outdone either, he brushed the crossbar with a shot in added time of the first period, a few minutes after forcing the Monegasque goalkeeper, very busy in the first act, to divert a nice shot from a corner.
Köhn almost took everyone to penalties
The first 45 minutes were a taste of the anthology of opportunities, not to say a veritable fireworks display, that this Champions Trophy match offered after returning from the locker room. Dembélé, again, made Köhn contribute in a duel, Doué forced the latter to save and Hakimi forced Caïo Henrique to counter his shot to prevent PSG from opening the score. In response, Ben Seghir forced Donnarumma to save, before delivering a superb cross for Vanderson who saw his shot crash against the post. All collected in just 10 minutes.
If the pace fell somewhat afterwards, this was thanks to the Parisians who seemed to have more juice to liven up the last 20 minutes. Under the chants of the Parisian supporters present, in the quiet atmosphere of the Qatari enclosure, Luis Henrique’s men broke their teeth (almost) until the end. Like yet another save from Köhn, at point-blank range against Gonçalo Ramos, who came on the field a few minutes earlier.
Finally, as a symbol, it was Ousmane Dembélé who ended up opening the scoring with a perfect cross from Fabian Ruiz, on which he only had to put his foot in opposition to score. A final action, as if to find out who, the very restless Parisian striker and the impenetrable Monegasque goalkeeper, deserved to be named man of the match. Finally, from the individual trophy to the collective title, PSG took everything on this Champions Trophy evening.